Slow Cooker Spaghetti Bolognese

Name: Slow Cooker Spaghetti Bolognese
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 onions (finely chopped); 4 clove garlic (minced, or 1 tablespoon minced garlic); 2 lb lean ground beef; 1/2 cup red wine (or beef broth/stock - optional); 56 oz crushed tomatoes (28-ounce cans); 1 cup beef stock; 6 tbsp tomato paste; 1 large carrot (chopped); 1 tbsp stock powder (or crushed beef bouillon); 2–3 tsp salt (adjust to your taste); 2 tsp dried oregano (or 1 teaspoon fresh oregano, finely chopped); 2 tsp dried basil (or 2 teaspoons fresh basil, finely chopped); 1 tsp sugar; 1 pinch cracked pepper (to taste); 1/4 cup fresh parsley (chopped); 17 oz spaghetti (dry pasta)

By Karina Carrel · CafedelitesPublic

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Easy to make rich and rustic Slow Cooker Bolognese Sauce, packed with so much flavour to coat your pasta (or Zucchini noodles) of choice!

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 240 min
Total: 250 min
Servings: 8

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Ingredients

For 8 people

Cooking for

1 tbspolive oil
2onions (finely chopped)
4 clovegarlic (minced, or 1 tablespoon minced garlic)
910 glean ground beef
0.5 cupred wine (or beef broth/stock - optional)
1.59 kgcrushed tomatoes (28-ounce cans)
1 cupbeef stock
6 tbsptomato paste
1large carrot (chopped)
1 tbspstock powder (or crushed beef bouillon)
2–3 tspsalt (adjust to your taste)
2 tspdried oregano (or 1 teaspoon fresh oregano, finely chopped)
2 tspdried basil (or 2 teaspoons fresh basil, finely chopped)
1 tspsugar
1 pinchcracked pepper (to taste)
0.25 cupfresh parsley (chopped)
480 gspaghetti (dry pasta)

Steps

1
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet or pan over medium-high heat.
2
Sauté onion until softened. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant (about 30 seconds).
3
Brown beef, breaking it apart with a wooden spoon, until just beginning to brown (about 2-3 minutes). Transfer to a 6-quart slow cooker bowl.
4
Return the skillet to the stove; pour in the wine while scraping any bits of the fried meat from the pan.
5
Bring to a gentle simmer and transfer to the slow cooker bowl.
6
Add crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, beef stock, carrot, stock powder, salt, oregano, basil, sugar, and pepper to the slow cooker.
7
In the last 15 minutes of cooking time, boil pasta in salted water following packet instructions.
8
Drain the water but reserve 1/2 cup of pasta water.
9
Pour the reserved water back into the pasta along with 2 cups of cooked bolognese sauce.
10
Stir until the sauce is thick enough to coat the pasta.
11
Serve with parmesan cheese and (extra) chopped parsley, if desired.

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Per portion

Calories: ~269 kcal
Protein: ~36.8 g
Fat: ~26.1 g
Carbs: ~61.1 g
Fiber: ~6.7 g
Sodium: ~1020.5 mg

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